When Hasbro and the World Wrestling Federation parted ways at the end of 1994 the WWF was without an action figure manufacturer for the first time since the company went national. Throughout the dark days of 1995 the only WWF wrestlers on toy shelves were undesirable Hasbro leftovers in clearance bins and JusToys Bend ‘Em’s … More Jakks Bone Crunching WWF Figures
Like most kids born in the mid 1980’s I was a fan of Hulk Hogan and the World Wrestling Federation. Children have a natural attraction to professional wrestling but the WWF of the 1980’s took that attraction, marketed to it, packaged it up, and as a result reached levels of popularity the sport had never seen … More Summer of 1998 Part III: WWF
One of my first topics here detailed the fantastic Macho King Randy Savage figure released by Hasbro in 1991. For those too lazy to click the link fear not as I will offer a brief summation of that now vintage entry. Up until my birthday of 1991 the only World Wrestling Federation action figures I owned … More Ultimate Warrior (Hasbro, 1991)
Toy Biz released their line of Marvel action figures in 1990 under the banner “Marvel Super Heroes”. Honestly at the time I was largely unaware of the Marvel universe; the heroes, their stories or really their existence in general. Fresh off of the heels of the 1989 Batman flick I was a bonafide Batman fan … More Spider-Man Web Suction Figure (Toy Biz, 1990)
2015 has been a nostalgic year for Star Wars. For most casual fans the release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens later this month is the catalyst for the Star Wars nostalgia trip. For me however the waters run much deeper. True there is the long awaited non-George Lucas directed feature film coming … More C-3P0 (Kenner, 1995)
This has been quite a year for nostalgia. Twenty years of Microsoft Windows 95, 30 years of the Back to the Future franchise as well as the Back to the Future Day Wednesday October 21, 2015 as seen in Back to the Future Part II. Not to be overlooked is 30 years of the Nintendo … More Happy 30th Anniversary to the Legendary Nintendo Entertainment System (1985)
I’m not going to hold it back; I’m a mark for Return of the Jedi. The Empire Strikes Back is certainly the most critically acclaimed of the Star Wars films and the clear cut favorite amongst the serious Star Wars fanboys but Return of the Jedi has always had a certain appeal to me that … More Squid Head (Kenner, 1983)
PC games back in the day were leaps and bounds ahead of console games in terms of complexity and storytelling. Our family purchased our first PC back in 1992 as my mom was going to night school; an IBM PS1. Since I was a big fan of the NES and it’s library my mom went … More Robin Hood: Conquests of the Longbow (Sierra, 1992)
The Real Ghostbusters was one of the most popular cartoons of the 1980’s and the action figure line produced by Kenner became a staple in the toy chests of boys the world over. Although the hit movie was released in the summer of 1984, the cartoon did not make it’s debut on ABC until the … More Ray Stantz (Kenner, 1986)
Kenner did a fabulous job with the vintage Star Wars action figure line. One of the great things about the series was that any cool looking alien that spent at least 3 tenths of a second on the screen would be immortalized by Kenner in the form of Chinese produced plastic. Today we’re going to … More Ree-Yees (Kenner, 1983)
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